Editing Cameron Crowe (section)

==Early life==
Cameron Crowe was born in [[Palm Springs, California]]. His father, James A. Crowe, originally from [[Kentucky]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 13, 2005|title=An interview with Cameron Crowe, director of "Elizabethtown"|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/an-interview-with-cameron-crowe-director-of-elizabethtown/|access-date=June 4, 2020|website=The Seattle Times|language=en-US|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604154430/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/an-interview-with-cameron-crowe-director-of-elizabethtown/|url-status=live}}</ref> was a real estate agent.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vancheri|first=Barbara|date=October 14, 2005|title=Cameron Crowe's very personal film 'Elizabethtown' blooms again with a shorter cut|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2005/10/14/Cameron-Crowe-s-very-personal-film-Elizabethtown-blooms-again-with-a-shorter-cut/stories/200510140215|access-date=June 4, 2020|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|language=en|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604162732/https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/movies/2005/10/14/Cameron-Crowe-s-very-personal-film-Elizabethtown-blooms-again-with-a-shorter-cut/stories/200510140215|url-status=live}}</ref> His mother, Alice Marie (née George), "was a teacher, activist, and all-around live wire who did skits around the house and would wear a clown suit to school on special occasions."<ref name="Premiere66">''[[Premiere (magazine)|Premiere]]''. August 1992, p. 66.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/28/Cameron-Crowe.html |title=Cameron Crowe Biography (1957-) |publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=July 15, 2014 |archive-date=December 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207191256/http://www.filmreference.com/film/28/Cameron-Crowe.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/cameron_b_crowe_born_1957_6136106|title=Cameron B Crowe, Born 07/13/1957 in California|website=CaliforniaBirthIndex.org|access-date=May 20, 2021|archive-date=May 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520021835/https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/cameron_b_crowe_born_1957_6136106|url-status=live}}</ref> She worked as a psychology professor and in [[family therapy]] and often participated in peace demonstrations and causes relating to the rights of farm workers. Crowe's grandfather was Greek.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=114792093670572032|user=CameronCrowe|title=@EvitaGkatzioura And it will be!... my grandfather was Greek, so I take this request very seriously.|date=September 16, 2011}}</ref> Crowe was the youngest of three children with two sisters; one died when he was young. The family moved around often but spent a lot of time in the desert town of [[Indio, California|Indio]], California. Crowe commented that Indio was where "people owned tortoises, not dogs".<ref name="Premiere66" /> His family finally settled in [[San Diego]].

Crowe skipped kindergarten and two grades in elementary school,<ref>{{cite web|author=Carolyn, K. |url=http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/grade_skipped.htm |title=Grades Skipped and Successful |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011143920/http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/grade_skipped.htm |archive-date=October 11, 2006 |website=hoagiesgifted.org |access-date=July 22, 2006}}</ref> and by the time he attended Catholic high school, he was quite a bit younger than the other students. To add to his alienation, he was often ill because he had [[nephritis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hoochiecoochiegal.wordpress.com/cameron-crowe-the-legacy-of-the-uncool/ |title=Cameron Crowe: The Legacy of the Uncool |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824222427/http://hoochiecoochiegal.wordpress.com/cameron-crowe-the-legacy-of-the-uncool/ |archive-date=August 24, 2006 |website=hoochiecoochiegal.wordpress.com |access-date=July 22, 2006}}</ref>

Crowe began writing for the school newspaper and by the age of 13 was contributing music reviews for an underground publication, ''[[The San Diego Door]]''. He began corresponding with music journalist [[Lester Bangs]], who had left the ''Door'' to become editor at the national rock magazine ''[[Creem]]'', and soon he was also submitting articles to ''Creem'' as well as ''[[Circus (magazine)|Circus]]''. Crowe graduated from the [[University of San Diego High School]] in 1972 at the age of 15.{{cn|date=December 2023}} On a trip to Los Angeles, he met [[Ben Fong-Torres]], the editor of ''Rolling Stone'', who hired him to write for the magazine. He also joined the ''Rolling Stone'' staff as a contributing editor and became an associate editor. During this time, Crowe interviewed [[Bob Dylan]], [[David Bowie]], [[Neil Young]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]], [[Poco (band)|Poco]], [[Steely Dan]], members of [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Stephen Bishop (singer)|Stephen Bishop]] and more.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theuncool.com/bio/ |title=Biography |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729210554/http://www.theuncool.com/bio/ |archive-date=July 29, 2018 |website= The Uncool: The Official Website for Everything Cameron Crowe |access-date=December 14, 2014}}</ref> Crowe was ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s youngest-ever contributor.